Justification:
A shrub endemic to Ecuador where it is known from two subpopulations in the southern Andes. Most of the collections have been recorded along the Loja-Zamora road on the southern border in the Parque Nacional Podocarpus; the species is locally abundant in this area where it forms part of the pioneer vegetation on roadsides. Also recorded along the Amaluza-Zumba road near the Cordillera Las Lagunitas. Potential threats for the species are unknown. Probably occurs in Peru.